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Douglas: St. Kitts and Nevis Considers Dropping the Monarchy

Dave Lawler, author of Axios World Queen Elizabeth II in Barbados in 1966 during a Caribbean tour. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images St. Kitts and Nevis is one of seven Caribbean island countries, and 14 total overseas territories, where King Charles III now reigns as head of state. But Foreign Minister Denzil Douglas tells Axios it’s time […]

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WORLD VIEW: Rus Hold Elections in East Ukraine, World Opinion Against Russia, Trump in Hot Water, More

Today’s Headlines Moscow-held regions of Ukraine in ‘sham’ vote to join Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The…Read More Trump’s legal woes mount without protection of presidency WASHINGTON (AP) — Stark repudiation by federal judges he appointed. […]

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US Embassy in Cuba to Process Full Immigrant Visas in 2023

By Micaiah Morgan The Biden administration said Wednesday the United States Embassy in Cuba will begin processing full immigrant visas in early 2023, making it easier for Cubans to reunite with family members in America. The embassy in Havana last processed full immigrant visas in 2017. The US government will also stop requiring Cubans seeking […]

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President Putin’s actions are jeopardizing economic peace and growth: The world should say “no more”

By Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)     “Every bullet, every bomb, every shell […]

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Caribbean Disturbance ‘98L’ Could Spell Trouble for Gulf of Mexico, Florida

Flip By Hillary Andrews, Scott Sistek, Aaron Barker, FOX Weather September 22, 20229 Meteorologists at the FOX Forecast Center are closely monitoring a tropical disturbance near South America, which has a high likelihood of developing into a stronger system in the coming days. FOX Weather has named this system Disturbance 1. The National Hurricane Center has designated […]

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A Wave of Indigenous Women Run for Brazil’s Congress in Bolsonaro Backlash

By Amanda Perobelli and Pilar Olivares     Tereza Arapium, from the Arapium indigenous people, candidate for Rio de Janeiro state deputy for the Rede Sustentabilidade party, talks to Indigenous Potira at the Aldeia Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares SAO PAULO, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A record number of […]

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Colombia’s President Calls to End War on Drugs in Fiery First UN Speech

By Hira Humayun and Caitlin Hu, CNN United Nations Headquarters (CNN) In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, recently elected Colombian president Gustavo Petro delivered a fiery speech that recalled some of his campaign themes, slamming the war on drugs as a failure and accusing the global north of turning […]

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Bermuda Hunkers Down as Hurricane Fiona Looms, Powerless Puerto Rico Swelters

By Don Burgess and Ivelisse Rivera   HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Bermudians boarded up windows and stocked up on groceries and flashlight batteries as Hurricane Fiona drew nearer on Thursday after causing several deaths and leaving many people sweltering without power in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Scott Barnes, who fishes for […]

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Hurricane Fiona Threatens Bermuda While On Course to Batter Canada

By Don Burgess and Ivelisse Rivera   1/4 Increasing wind pushes waves towards the south shore before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Bermuda September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Hurricane Fiona threatened the Atlantic island of Bermuda on Friday, passing west of the British territory on its northward trek […]

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